Genealogy Projects tagged with olympics on the Geni Family Tree

This project is a place to list famous and "historic" Olympians and perhaps connect them to Geni profiles.
Youngest Olympic Champions in History
The youngest athlete to participate at the Modern Olympics was Dimitrios Loundras of Greece who was 10 years, 216 days old when he competed in men's team parallel bars gymnastics at the 1896 Games in Athens.
Inge Sørensen of Denmark was 12 yrs,...

The 2016 Summer Olympics (Portuguese: Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016 ), officially known as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad , and commonly known as Rio 2016 , is a major international multi-sport event in the tradition of the Olympic Games due to take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016.
A record number of countries are participating in a record number of sports. More t...

The Olympic Order is the highest award of the Olympic Movement and is awarded for particularly distinguished contributions to the Olympic Movement, i.e. recognition of efforts worth of merit in the cause of sport. It was established in May 1975 by the International Olympic Committee as a successor to the Olympic Certificate. The Olympic Order originally had three grades (gold, silver and bronze...

This project focuses on the athletes who are representing the United States at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Please note that the lists below are incomplete; indeed, the lists for most sports have barely been started. Your help with this project is greatly appreciated!
Update: Please click here for the official Team USA roster , regularly updated.
The Athletes
Arch...

This project focuses on the athletes who are representing the United States at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
Please note that the lists below are incomplete; indeed, the lists for some sports have not been started at all yet. Your help with this project is greatly appreciated!
The Athletes
Archery
Brady Ellison
Jake Kaminski
Miranda Leek
Khatuna Lorig
Jennifer Nichols
...

This project celebrates gymnasts who have competed on the U.S. national team. Both past and present gymnasts, male and female, are covered by the scope of the project. The fields of gymnastics in the United States include artistic, rhythmic, acrobatic, and trampoline and tumbling (T&T).
When adding a gymnast to the project, please list them under the proper heading(s) and include their years ...

London ‪2012 Summer Olympic Games‬ Athletics Events and Results:
This project will be adapted to work for Rio 2016!
This is a sub-sub-project of the main London 2012 Summer Olympics Events and Results project, devoted to the Athletics events taking place.
If there is a Geni profile for an athlete the link is Bold - links to external sources are not.
See also -
London ‪2012 Summer Ol...

Sochi 2014
Welcome to the umbrella project for the Sochi Winter Olympics !
Overview
The 2014 Winter Olympic Games , officially known as the XXII Olympic Winter Games , are scheduled to take place in Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia from 7 to 23 February 2014.
The Sochi Games will be the first ever hosted by the Russian Federation, and the first Winter Games held in Russ...

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Olympians ‧ since 1850 ‧ Birth-day ~ Anni-versaries
Serious request to use this information only for you geni-input-profiles and with respect f...

1972 Munich Olympics Massacre of Israeli Athletes
The Munich massacre is an informal name for an attack that occurred during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich , Bavaria in southern West Germany, when members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage and eventually killed by the Palestinian group Black September.
The kidnappers killed eleven Israeli athletes and coaches and a West Ge...

The Winter Olympic Games occurs every four years. The first celebration of the Winter Olympics was held in Chamonix, France, in 1924.
The Games were held every four years from 1924 until 1936 and then were interrupted by World War II. They resumed in 1948 and were celebrated every four years. The Winter and Summer Olympic Games were held in the same years until 1992, when the governing body f...

Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games‬
Events and Results: Main Page
This sub-project of the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics project is the Main Sports Events and results page, listing all events taking place and in due course results as they happen.
In order to gain an accurate record please link only the profiles of those who win medals in the RIO 2016 games - NOT those who were medalist in previous y...

This project focuses on the athletes expected to represent the United States at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Please note that the list below is of course incomplete; your help with this project is greatly appreciated!
Biathlon
Based on their Nations Cup ranking in the 2016-2017 Biathlon World Cup, the United States qualified 5 men and 5 women.
Curling
Men's
Ba...

Marathon Runners
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The marathon is a long-distance running event with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres (26 miles and 385 yards),[1] that is usually run as a road race. The event was instituted in commemoration of the fabled run of the Greek soldier Pheidippides, a messenger from the Battle of Marathon (the namesake of the race) to Athens.
The m...

This project focuses on the athletes who are likely to represent China at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Once Olympic trials have been held, the list will be refined to cover only those confirmed to be Olympians in 2014.
Please note that the lists below are incomplete; indeed, the lists for some sports have not been started at all yet. Your help with this project is greatly appreciated!
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Olympic Games
This is a temporary 'workshop' page, set up to prepare Geni's coverage of the London 2012 Olympics (July 27 - August 12).
For the main London 2012 project page, please click here...
Current discussion item...
In order to benefit from the massive exposure that the Olympics get during 17 days, we want to highlight seventeen "Olympic Profiles of the Day".
In the list below,...

The London 2012 Paralympic Games
The fifteenth Paralympics and will take place between 29 August and 9 September 2012 in London, United Kingdom.
Even though 2012 will be London's third Olympic Games, it will be the first Paralympic Games to be staged there, as the event was created after the last time the city hosted in 1948.
2012 Organizing Committee
( Bold links are to Geni profiles, ...

Canada ‧ ‪2012 ‧ Summer Olympics
The main-project focuses on the Olympic-Movement and the history of this Global-wide contest of free sporters & athletes and all future winners -a/o- participating sporters who will be part of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Since some sports are still holding their national team trials and qualifications, we first list confirmed Olympians of each country ...

Team GB
Rio 2016 Summer Olympics
..... You Tube - Michael Nesmith ~ Rio
A total of 366 athletes are competing for Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
While significantly smaller than the 542-strong contingent at London 2012, it is the biggest squad sent to an 'away' Olympics since Barcelona 1992.

London ‪2012 Summer Olympic Games
Events and Results: Main Page
This sub-project of the London 2012 Summer Olympics project is the Main Sports Events and results page, listing all events taking place and in due course results as they happen.
In order to make the page more manageable
there are separate pages for the following disciplines:
Athletics
Aquatic Events
Diving
Swimm...

London ‪2012 Summer Olympic Games‬ Aquatic Events and Results
Diving
Swimming
Synchronised Swimming
Water-polo
This is a sub-sub-project of the main London 2012 Summer Olympics Events and Results project, devoted to the Aquatic events taking place. Results are being added as they happen.
See also -
London ‪2012 Summer Olympic Games‬ - Events and Results: Main Page
Lond...

Ireland at the 2016 Summer Olympics
The aim of this project is to create a genealogical collection of profiles of all Irish participants of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.
Total of Irish participants: 77 in 14 sports
Flag bearer: Paddy Barnes
List of participants per sport
ATHLETICS
Robert Heffernan
Thomas Barr
Ciara Mageean
Mark English
Ciara Eve...

London 2012
The 2012 Summer Olympic Games , officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad are scheduled to take place in London, England, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012.
London will become the first city to officially host the modern Olympic Games three times , having previously done so in 1908 and in 1948.
Pierre de Coubertin (1 January 1863 – 2 September 1937)...

The Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame is an honour roll of the top Canadian Olympic athletes, teams, coaches, and builders (officials, administrators, and volunteers). It was established in 1949. Selections are made by a committee appointed by the Canadian Olympic Committee. Inductees must have held Canadian citizenship or Canadian residency over the course of their careers.

Leicester Square (incl. Leicester House), London, England
Leicester Square Listeni/ˈlɛstər/ is a pedestrianised square in the West End of London, England. It was laid out in 1670 and is named after the contemporary Leicester House, itself named after Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester .
The square was originally a gentrified residential area, with notable tenants including Frederick, Prin...

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France ‧ 2012 ‧ Summer Olympics
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FR : Ce project ... EN : This project focuses on the athletes who are expected to participate in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and to keep in mind those who were succesful earlier. Since some sports are still holding their national team trials and qualif...